I sure hope you were joking.
Joking? Not at all, your responsibilities are the same as mine. Just because the planes are smaller why should the pay be different? They dont pay me any different when I work on a 777 vs an MD-80. If you screw up and kill 20 vs 200 its still the same.
Actually, I am not even sure that the TWU is asking for as much as the Teamsters just TA'd at Expressjet which would put them over 30/hour in three years if I remember right. More than one Eagle mechanic believes that this TWU approach to negotiating on our behalf is an attempt to massage the bruised egos of all the little Buck's out there. I have to admit I think there is something to that.
When are you guys starting your AMFA drive? I spoke to Eagle mechanics a while back and they said they never even voted in the TWU. One day they were simply told they were TWU from then on. Dont let Little and the TWU make the business challenges of regional service your burden. Its about time you guys shed that stigma and realize that your skills and responsibility are the same whether working and RJ or a 777.
Starting an AMFA drive at Eagle is a "no can lose" proposition. In the worst case scenario the threat of losing the dues would force the TWU to be more agressive, and under a best case scenario you can end up in the fastest growing union in the industry and join together with all the rest of the mechanics to make things better.
Joking? Not at all, your responsibilities are the same as mine. Just because the planes are smaller why should the pay be different? They dont pay me any different when I work on a 777 vs an MD-80. If you screw up and kill 20 vs 200 its still the same.
Actually, I am not even sure that the TWU is asking for as much as the Teamsters just TA'd at Expressjet which would put them over 30/hour in three years if I remember right. More than one Eagle mechanic believes that this TWU approach to negotiating on our behalf is an attempt to massage the bruised egos of all the little Buck's out there. I have to admit I think there is something to that.
When are you guys starting your AMFA drive? I spoke to Eagle mechanics a while back and they said they never even voted in the TWU. One day they were simply told they were TWU from then on. Dont let Little and the TWU make the business challenges of regional service your burden. Its about time you guys shed that stigma and realize that your skills and responsibility are the same whether working and RJ or a 777.
Starting an AMFA drive at Eagle is a "no can lose" proposition. In the worst case scenario the threat of losing the dues would force the TWU to be more agressive, and under a best case scenario you can end up in the fastest growing union in the industry and join together with all the rest of the mechanics to make things better.
